Good Friday

"I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ..." 

I hope on this Good Friday, that you will make some time to think about how very much Christ loves us, and just how much He gave in order to be with us. His sacrifice is for us is humbling and awe-inspiring.

~Jasmine

A mom and her boy...

On Tuesday afternoon I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot with my lovely friend Megan, and her adorable little boy, Caelan Neil. He's adorable. She's gorgeous. I love them both.

Here's a few shots from the day...

~Jasmine

"Would you consider dating a guy like me?"

I have a somewhat random, very weird, super short story. I'm happy to say this is not my story, but my sister's, and she was kind enough to let me share it with you.

This morning my sister Sage was killing time and doing some shopping. She's poking around the clearance section, hunting for the best deal when she notices a gentleman glancing at her from the men's... how should I say this... he was in the underwear section. By the way, when I say "gentleman" I am using it in the broadest sense possible. So here's this guy- hanging out in the underwear section, and kind of creeping. Sagey continues to do her shopping, and decides to make a stop at the dressing room. As she's walking out of the dressing room- there stands the underwear man! As he holds up his package of whitey- tighties he asks her, "Would you ever consider going out on a date with someone like me?' Did you catch that? The man is holding up a package of underwear as he asks a lady out on a date. These are strange times we live in. Needless to say, my sister does not have a Friday night date planned with that guy.

To men everywhere I would give you this piece of advice: don't ask a girl out while you're holding a package of whitey-tighties! (Or any package of underwear for that matter.) It's just weird. 

With a quizzical look, a roll of my eyes, and a shrug of my shoulders,

~jazzy

Obviously, not whitey-tighties, but this is probably the funniest pair of underwear I've ever seen. This picture is in honor of the underwear man from Target.

I was going through my photo albums and came upon all these pictures of flowers. We don't have any coming up yet, but looking at these pictures makes me feel like spring is actually here.

"See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you?" Matthew 5:28-30

Isn't it rather epic how much He loves us?

~Jasmine

Life means so much

Random thought here:

You know how people say that something's only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it? Do you realize how valuable that makes you and me? The very highest price has been paid for our souls! I hope you are acutely aware of just how valuable your life is. 

~Jasmine

Doesn't knowing how much Jesus values you make you want to jump, and dance, and scream...

...and sing, and shout, and get really, really excited??

I'm not completely technologically handicapped!

You have no idea how excited I am about the changes I made to the blog layout. Finally- my big pictures can be seen as more than a thumbnail! For those of you who know things about technology, my breakthrough with my blog design may seem elementary, but this is a big deal to me. I shall endeavor to continue to tweak and improve my little blog, but for now, I am quite pleased. For the time being, if you would like to read an archived blog, simply scroll down to the bottom of the page. I'm pretty stoked people! Weekends are for technological breakthroughs!

~Jazzy

Sooooo excited for Heaven!

On Sunday night I fulfilled a life-long dream and saw my favorite singer of all time in concert. I have been listening to the music of Michael W. Smith since I was probably three. I grew up on it. My love of other bands has come and gone through the years, but I have always loved Smitty. Needless to say, I was just a teeny bit excited to finally see him in concert and cross yet another epic thing off my bucket list. You know what's totally exciting? Looking up to someone for years and then finding out they are actually as cool as you had hoped all along.

The first half of the concert was like walking down memory lane. As the audience sang along to all the oldies/goldies, I remembered dancing around to this music in my living room, driving around with my dad, the windows down, Michael W. Smith blaring from the speakers, and even the times when I've cried in my bedroom and God used this music to comfort me. I'm constantly amazed at the way that music stamps our lives and can instantly take us back to another place or time.

Now while the first half of the show was just lovely, it is the second half that I wish that I could relive and share with everyone. The sounds of worship music filled the auditorium as over 1,200 people closed their eyes, raised their hands, and lifted their voices to praise the Savior that we all love so dearly. I could have stayed in that place for several hours, just listening. As I sat there, basking in the sounds of my brothers and sisters singing, I couldn't help being excited for Heaven. Can you even imagine? It'll be like Sunday night's experience- times a billion! Is there anything more beautiful than the family of God joining together to sing the praises of our Jesus? Oh my goodness! I can not wait for Heaven!!!

Wish you could have been there, dear reader. But most of all, I hope you will be there, when we finally make it to the other side. I for one, am super excited! Please tell me that you're on your way too!

~Jasmine